Monday, January 31, 2011

In Comicdom the superhero back icon/logo is a rarity. Reserved only for flagship characters like Spider-Man and Superman.

So as a dork I want to know...in a fight between Spider-Man's back icon and Superman's cape logo who would win?

Round 1 - Winner: SupermanSuperman's came first. (I have no idea when in his history it first appeared, but I'd bet my collection it was before Spider-Man showed up in 1962.) (Update: The yellow within yellow first appeared in the 1950's)

Round 2 - Winner: Spider-ManSpider-Man's back icon is actually on his back and not on a cape.

Round 3 - Winner: Spider-ManSuperman's logo is just a repeat of what's on his chest and the yellow within yellow is just lame. Superman could have at least inverted the colors.

Spider-Man's back icon is different then his chest design and much cooler. The red circle with legs adds just the right amount of splash/pizzazz to his costume to put Superman's cape logo on the ropes.

Dork Note: I tried to find good quality images of these Wallbuster posters, but this is the best I could find on-line:(

Clipped from on-line: It's a type of poster they used to call "Wallbusters," from 1977. This thing is monstrous: 50" x 38", and the idea is that the scene is perforated and removable from the surrounding white space, after which you stick it on your wall to give the room that whole "HOLY SHIT! They're coming to get me!" feeling. These were popular in the 70s, with artist Neal Adams providing the artwork for several of these posters, which featured Marvel Comics characters like Spider-Man or the Hulk, DC Comics heroes like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.